Garage Door DIY or DI-Don’t?

When it comes to servicing your garage door, there are things you can do yourself, and there are things you should leave up to the professionals. There are certain safety concerns when it comes to repairs on your garage door, such as rebalancing/replacing springs, replacing broken hardware, and setting the limits on the garage door. Without proper training these services can be dangerous . We highly recommend calling our office to schedule an appointment when one of these services are needed at your home.

One thing you can do yourself at home, is realign your safety reversing sensors. Here are a couple steps that may help if your garage door isn’t closing due to safety reversing sensor alignment:

• Locate both safety reversing sensors, they are located on each side of the garage door, fastened to the door tracks, no higher than 6 inches above the garage floor.
• Loosen the wing nut on the front of the sensor, align the sensor so their lenses are pointing at each other. When the sensor LED glows steadily, tighten the wing nut.
• Once both of the safety reversing sensor LED’s are glowing steadily, the garage door opener will resume normal operation.
• Test by using your remote control or door control to close the garage door.